The Washington critic., 1887-08-30
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
The Parks.

Washington Circle Is at Twenty'thlrd street,
New Hampshire and Pennsylvania avenues,
and containing an equestrian statue OF
Washington.
Mcpherson square Is at Vermont avenue, I,
and Fifteenth streets, containing an
equestrian statue of General Mcpherson,
Farragut Square Mt Connecticut avenue, I,
and seventeenth II eets, containing statue
of Admiral Farragut
Dupont Circle at New Hampshire, Connecti'
cut and Massachusetts avenues and Nine,
teenth street, holding the statue OF Admiral
Dupont. This circle Is In the heart OF the
most aristUCratiC part of the city.
Scott Circle AT Rhode Island and Massachu-
sets avenues and Sixteenth street, contain.
Ing an equestrian statue OF General Wlnheld
Scott.
Thomas Circle lies at the intersection OF Yer.
mont and Massachusetts avenues and NJ
and Fourteenth streets An equestrian
statue of General George II, Thomas adorns
this the smallest of the circles
Lilac Park, at l. and Twelfth streets and Mas
.nrhusptts avenue, and SyriugA Park, at
tenth and L and Massachusetts avenue, are
two trialgles beautifully kept, and noted
for their prutusiCn Of the shrubs from whlch
they get their name.
Mount Vernon Place includes New York and
Massachusetts avenues and street be-
TWEEN Seventh and Ninth streets, mag
nihCent fountain in the centre greatly aduIn5
this beautiful park.
Iowa Circle Is at Vermont and Rhode Island
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Grants house Is on the southwest side,
Franklin Square, between and and rhir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets, Is the most
artsticaly designed and beautiful OF all the
smaller reservations. II contains na,uE,Ht
mound, supposed to be an Indian burial
place, and IA spring uf delicious water,
which supplies several hydrants.
Rawlins' Square Is at tie Intersection OF
New YORK avenue and + street, west ut the
White House. The lIuw,lus statue mas
been removed to the south side Of FunnsyI.
Vuuia avenue, south oI ninth street
Lincoln Park occupies the grounds AT the
intersection of North Carulnh MtsSachu,
| sets tennessee and Kentucky avenues, 4
| stregt northeast, A street southeast and
| INST Capitol street. II contains he htauti
| ful group OF statuary representing Lincoln
| striking the letters from the limbs ui tho
slaves Reached by the Metropolitan cars.
stanton Place Is AZ the Intersection of Mass,l-
| Chusetts and Maryland avenues and - street
northeast. II contains a statue Of General
| Nathaniel Greene.
tue Cemeteries.
washington contains several beautiful and
historic cemeteries well worth u visit. ODD
| est of these is
Rock Creek, Just north OF the old soldiers
Home. II Wa opened about the year l'oO
| The Congressional Burial Ground, or Wash
iugtun cemetery, lies at the ra,t ewl nI
| Pennsylvania avenue, un The hUiN' ul iut
| AuuUu-tiu. II contain, ,cuulHph- tu lIa
| memory uf many of the Members ui Con-
gryss who uMyrdird whlcu ulicf Two Vie,
Preside, Is ui the unlIei state. arc nurrI
| here, George Clinton ui Nvw York AMI E'
bridge Gertyut Massachusetts,. Fhc cemotcr'
was oIeucd In lSul, ami i 4 very handsome
one Reached boy carriage,
Oak IUl il IN GEORGETOWN. ON the banks o
Rock creek, reached hy street cars or CAP
II rs the most picturesque burial p'yr %
the United Stufp-. Iua Is famous tor NJ
hand, d,umU monuments. ltuuutuua the erhNt
Of John Howard Payne author OF 'uomo
Sweet Home
Mount Oli,ot. ON The Baltimore pike, north
east from the east end ni n street ID ln'
| only Catholic cemetery I'm the District, Z
Is large and handsome Reached hy uuu,
Hospitals.
| Garfield Memorial hospital is nj the hohi %
Tenth street northwest Reached uy 'olr
tpcu,h, He, ynin and Niuth -ir"o' chra,
Frrpduuu's Hospital Is on seventh street US
tended, just above boundary. al
reached by the Seventh aud ninth stree
| ears,
Tho Homeopathic Hospital Il on n street, be
! tween First and Second,